Smoking-pipe.



J. P. LEEPER.

SMOKING PIPE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 18,191 1.

1,034,717. Patented Aug. 6,1912.

Witne sses time sTEs SMOKING-PIPE.

Specification of Letters .Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

- Application filed May 18,1911. Serial No. 628,005.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES F. LEEPER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lewistown, in the county of Mifflin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Smoking-Pipe, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide a means whereby a cigar, or'loose tobacco, may be smoked in the vicinity of gasolene, and in other dangerous places, withoutthe likelihood of accident or explosion.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cigar holder of novel and improved form, and to provide a saliva receptacle, adapted for use in connection with the cigar-holder, the saliva receptacle being adapted to be employed, independently of the cigar-holder, as a tobacco pipe.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear. as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings,Figure 1 shows the invention .in side elevation, the parts being broken away; Fig. 2 shows the invention upon an enlarged scale, in longitudinal section, parts being broken away; Fig. 3 is a transverse section upon the line A B of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line C-D of Fig. 2.

In carrying out the invention there is provided, as a primary and fundamental element, a holder, denoted generally by the numeral 1. This holder 1 is preferably, although not necessarily, of rectangular cross section. The holder 1 may be fashioned from wood, or from any other suitable material. The holder 1 is open at one end, and is provided with a central combustion chamber 2, upon either side of which are located storage chambers 3, the chambers 2 and 3 being adapted, each, to receive a cigar. The cigars which are located in the storage chambers3, are denoted by the numeral 1.

A closure forthe open end of the combustion chamber 2 is provided, the closure preferably taking the form of a plug 5, having a tapered bore 6, into which may be inserted the end of the cigar 7 which is located within the combustion chamber 2. The taperedbore 6 of the plug 5 merges into a cylindrical portion 8, into which is inserted a tube 9. Closures for the open ends of the storage chambers 3 are provided,

these closures preferably taking the form 01 plugs 10, flattened at their outer ends, to provide for a ready insertion and removal. Inthe holder 1, adjacent the lower end thereof, presupposing that the holder is positioned as shown in Fig. 2, there are inlet ports 11, forming communications be tween the combustion chamber 2 and the storage chambers 3, and between the storage chambers 3 and the atmosphere.

The invention further includes a saliva receptacle, denoted generally by the numeral 12. The saliva receptacle 12 is closed .at one end, and is open at the other, the re- .ceptacle being provided with a central chamber 14. A stem 15 enters this chamber 1 1, at one side of the receptacle 12, and relatively near to the bottom of the receptacle. The upper, open end of the receptacle 12 is closed by a lid or cap 16, the lid being spaced slightly from the upper end of the receptacle 12. Located in the side Wall of the receptacle 12, and extended, from one end of the receptacle to the other, are airinlet ports 17 17 and 17 These inlet ports open at one end, through the bottom of the receptacle 12, and at the other end, they open through the upper end of the receptacle 12, beneath the lid 16. The inlet port 17 is enlarged, in the bottom of the reclosed by means of the plugs 10. The cigar 7 which is to be smoked, is inserted, at one end, into the chamber 6 of the plug 5. The

plug 5 is then inserted into the end of the combustion chamber 2, the cigar 7 having, of course, been lighted previously. The stem 15 is placed in the mouth of the oper- Ice ator, the air-inlet ports 17 and 17" being closed by inserting a match stem or the like,

into their lower ends. When the operator inhales through the stem 15, the air will enter the inlet ports 11, passing through the storage chambers 3'into the combustion chamber 2, and thence through the cigar, into the tapered bore 6 of the plug 5, thence into the tube 9, and by Way of the flexible tube 20, through the stub pipe 19 and thence through the inlet 17, the smoke passing into the chamber 14 of the receptacle 12, beneath the lid 16, the smoke, ultimately, passing outwardly through the stem 15.

It is to be noted that the construction of the receptacle 12 is such that the saliva will accumulate within the chamber 14:, and since the upper end of the inlet 17 lies directly beneath the lid 16, there will be no opportunity for saliva to pass into the tube 20, and thence into the holder 1. Obviously, by removing the lid 16, any saliva which has accumulated in the chamber 14, may be poured away.

Obviously, the inlet ports 11 serve to supply air to the combustion chamber 12. Moreover, because these ports 11 open into the storage chambers 3, to form communications between the storage chambers 3 and the atmosphere, the plugs 10 may readily be removed from the open ends of the storage.

chambers 3 and, with equal facility, be in-, serted thereinto.

As will be readily understood, the holder 1, when desired, maybe used without the saliva receptacle-12, the lips ofthe operator being applied directly to the end of the flexible tube 20. The saliva receptacle 12, moreover, may be used independently of the holder 1. Under such circumstances, all of the inlet ports 17, 17 and 17 are left open, and the chamber 12 is filled with tobacco, the lid 16 being mounted in place. The air, under such circumstances, will pass inwardly through the ports 17, 17 and. 17 and because these ports open throughthe bottom of the receptacle 12, below the stem 15, and below the burningtobacco, there will be no chance for sparks or smoke to find their way outwardly, through the inlet ports.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the device may be employed for smoking a cigar, or for smoking loose tobacco, the construction being such that there will be no possibility for sparks to be dropped. The member 12 is adapted for use in connection with the holder 1, to serve as a saliva receptacle, as hereinbefore described, and, when desired, the member 12 may be employed independently, as a smoking pipe.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a holder open at one end to define a combustion chamber and a separate storage chamber, each of which is adapted to receive a cigar; separate closures for the chambers,

the closure for the combustion chamber being adapted to receive one end of a cigar;

and a stem opening through the closure for the combustion chamber.

2. In a device of the class described, a holder open at oneend, to define a combustion chamber and a separate storage chamber, each of which is adapted to receive a cigar; closures for the chambers, the closure for the combustion chamber having means to receive one end of a cigar; a stem opening through the closure for the combustion chamber; there being in the holder, aport 1 forming a communication between the combustion chamber and the storage chamber, and another port forming a'communication between the storage chamber and the exterior of the holder, the ports facilitating 'a draft into the combustion chamber, and likewise facilitating a removal -of the closure from the storage chamber.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES FRANKLIN LEEPER.

Witnesses:

ANNA J. BELL, M. BRICKER. 

